Terms of Use
Welcome to BrugesTime.com.
By accessing or using our website, you agree to these Terms of Use. Please read them carefully before using our services.
If you do not agree with these terms, please refrain from using the website.
1. About BrugesTime.com
BrugesTime.com is an independent travel, photography, and community platform dedicated to Bruges, Belgium.
Our website provides travel information, photographs, videos, local recommendations, and opportunities for visitors to share their experiences.
BrugesTime.com is not an official website of the City of Bruges or any government authority.
2. Acceptable Use
You agree to use BrugesTime.com responsibly and in accordance with applicable laws.
You must not:
- Publish unlawful, threatening, abusive, discriminatory, or defamatory content.
- Upload photographs or videos without the necessary rights or permissions.
- Violate another person’s privacy or intellectual property rights.
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website or its systems.
- Distribute malware, spam, or harmful software.
- Manipulate voting systems, ratings, or community interactions.
- Use automated tools to scrape or overload the website without authorization.
We reserve the right to restrict access or remove content that violates these terms, subject to applicable law.
3. User Accounts
Certain features may require users to create an account.
If registration is available, users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their login credentials and for activity conducted through their accounts.
You must provide accurate information where required and notify us if you suspect unauthorized account access.
We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms, subject to applicable law.
4. User-Submitted Photos and Videos
BrugesTime.com may allow registered users to submit photographs, videos, captions, reviews, and other contributions.
By submitting content, you confirm that:
- You own the content or have permission to publish it.
- Your submission does not infringe copyright, privacy, or other legal rights.
- You have obtained any permissions required by applicable law.
- Your content does not contain unlawful or harmful material.
You retain ownership of your original content.
By submitting content for publication, you grant BrugesTime.com a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to store, reproduce, display, and distribute that content in connection with operating and promoting the website.
This license does not transfer ownership of your content to BrugesTime.com.
You may request the removal of your submitted content by contacting us.
5. Copyright and Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise indicated, the website’s original text, design, branding, graphics, and other materials belong to BrugesTime.com or their respective rights holders.
You may browse and share links to our publicly available pages for personal, non-commercial purposes.
You must not reproduce, redistribute, sell, or commercially exploit protected website content without permission or another valid legal basis.
Photographs and videos contributed by users remain subject to the rights of their respective owners.
6. Community Participation and Voting
BrugesTime.com may provide interactive features, including photo voting, ratings, comments, and community activities.
Users must participate fairly and respectfully.
Artificial voting, automated manipulation, fake accounts, and coordinated abuse are prohibited.
We may remove fraudulent interactions or restrict participation where necessary to protect the integrity of the platform.
7. Content Moderation
We may review, moderate, restrict, or remove user-generated content that violates these terms or applicable laws.
We do not guarantee that every user contribution will be reviewed before publication.
If you believe content violates your rights or applicable law, please contact us at hello@brugestime.com with sufficient information to identify the content and explain your concern.
We will review reports and take appropriate action.
Where required by applicable law, we will provide relevant information about moderation decisions and available complaint procedures.
8. Travel Information and Accuracy
We aim to provide useful and accurate information about Bruges, including attractions, activities, restaurants, accommodation, and travel experiences.
However, opening hours, prices, availability, transport schedules, and local regulations may change.
Information published on BrugesTime.com is provided for general informational purposes.
Visitors should verify important details directly with official authorities or relevant service providers before making travel arrangements.
9. External Websites and Services
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, booking services, tourism organizations, social media platforms, and other external resources.
We do not control these external services and are not responsible for their content, availability, or practices.
Use of third-party services is subject to their respective terms and policies.
10. Advertising
BrugesTime.com may display advertisements, including advertising provided by third-party networks such as Google AdSense.
Advertisements do not necessarily represent our endorsement of the advertised products or services.
Any transactions with third-party advertisers are between you and the relevant provider.
11. Privacy and Cookies
Your use of BrugesTime.com is also governed by our Privacy Policy.
Please review our Privacy Policy for information about personal data, cookies, and your privacy rights.
Privacy Policy: https://brugestime.com/privacy-policy/
12. Website Availability
We aim to keep BrugesTime.com accessible and functioning properly.
However, we cannot guarantee uninterrupted availability or that the website will always be free from technical errors.
We may update, modify, suspend, or discontinue website features when reasonably necessary.
13. Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, BrugesTime.com is not responsible for losses arising from inaccurate third-party information, external services, temporary website interruptions, or unauthorized activities beyond our reasonable control.
Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or limits liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited, or affects mandatory consumer rights under applicable law.
14. Termination of Access
We may suspend or restrict access to website features when users seriously or repeatedly violate these terms, subject to applicable legal requirements.
Users may stop using the website at any time and may request account deletion where account functionality is available.
15. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms of Use to reflect changes to our website, services, or legal requirements.
The latest version will be published on this page with an updated revision date.
Where required by law, we will provide appropriate notice of material changes.
16. Applicable Law
These Terms of Use are governed by applicable Belgian law, without prejudice to mandatory consumer protection rules and other rights that may apply under European Union law.
17. Contact Us
For questions about these Terms of Use, copyright concerns, or reports of inappropriate content, please contact:
BrugesTime.com
Email: hello@brugestime.com
Website: https://brugestime.com/